Low Estate

Low Estate is the second full-length album by 16 Horsepower. Released in 1997, only a year after Sackcloth 'n' Ashes, it drew heavily upon compositions pre-dating the band's first album.

Track listing

"Brimstone Rock" – 4:29
"My Narrow Mind" – 2:59
"Low Estate" – 4:10
"For Heaven's Sake" – 4:54
"Sac of Religion" – 3:28
"The Denver Grab" – 5:03
"Ditch Digger" – 3:22
"Pure Clob Road" – 3:43
"Phyllis Ruth" – 4:36
"Black Lung" – 2:26
"Dead Run" – 3:20
"Golden Rope" – 4:15
"Hang My Teeth on Your Door" – 2:36

Personnel

David Eugene Edwards – vocals, banjo, guitar, hurdy-gurdy, concertina
Jeffrey-Paul Norlander – backup vocals, fiddle, cello, organ
Jean-Yves Tola – drums, percussion, piano
Pascal Humbert – bass guitar, bass fiddle, guitar
John Parish – additional percussion, organ, guitar, xylophone
Steve Taylor – guitar on "Phyllis Ruth"

Trivia

John Parish was thought of as a producer for the album because the band was impressed with his work on Dance Hall at Louse Point.
The album was also released in a French Version and a "Nouvelle Version" with slightly different track lists. Most notably, the Nouvelle Version also included a rendition of the Gun Club song "Fire Spirit" and Marly/d'Astier composition "The Partisan", both with the participation of Bertrand Cantat, as well as a re-recording of "Coal Black Horses", originally featured on the 16 Horsepower EP.